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THE NOKFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , Al'Ol'ST 23 , ii)01. )
The Norfolk
The Mictiiy'H country Is expanding
Virglnli democrat i have also tltml-
anted Bryan nnil Brynnism.
It in cMinmted Hint the United States
Meol corporation IH lofting lit the rnto of
fHOO.OOO u dny in business on account of
the strike.
Iowa WITH arc | irodictliiK thnt Cum *
mliiH' plurality will bo about 100X)0. ( )
.Anyway it IH about n nuro tiling to pro-
illct that 1m will bo elected.
A MtuFonrl exchange unyH that an
Indiana town has had a Bhowor of
crickets but St. Louis had a fall of homo-
thing citizens with long memories call
water.
The thrcnti'iii'd Hcnrcity of potatoes
hnH caused the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat to recommend rice. HH a sultnblo
Mibstituto. Both nro chii'tly composid
of March.
The Omaha News thinks that If
Admiral Schley was intoxicated at Han-
tinge the government should supply its
ndmiralH with quimtitles of the kind of
liquors used by him.
A young Frenchman aged 22 , 0 feet
mid ttliioht'stn height , and weighing
418 pounds , iH BOOH to wed nn EngliBh
girl who iH H feet and It inchcB in height.
The minister will probably bo compelled
to use n step ladder in. tying thu knot.
Nobrnskn has : i , 2 1 miloK of irrigation
ditches and its real estate value IIUH been
increased by about if Hi.ltfiN.llIO thereby.
With all the property under irrigation
that can bo , Nebraska will in time be-
Dome one of the moat valuable agricult
ural states of the union.
A London editor has been called to
nppcnr before the bar of parliament to
niiHwer to the charge of comparing the
nationalist party of that country with
Tnnnnauy. The iinohtion in what would
happen In England if they had the gen
uine Tammany to deal with ?
Douglas county democracy IH to plo
iiio at Bennlngton next Sunday. It IB
tmpposed that the dny will bo remem
bered by the BpeakerH , who will come
prepared with sermons and that the
port and nthleticM announced will
convoy valuable moral IcsHions.
The Nebraska Independent doesn't
like Ell Perkins because he IH sucli n
liar. While the Independent is reform
ing him it should also turn its attention
to some fusion editors and politicians.
Ono hnndsouie thing about Eli is thnt
ho doesn't oven pretend to tell the truth.
Mr. Brynn says that ho Btill stands on
the Chicago platform but it appears
thnt ho will have mighty precarious foot
ing after the "common" democrats of
the country gut through with it. If the
Baid pi it form gets n few more jolts like
thnt given in Ohio the planks will bo
pretty seriously splintered.
Geo. T. Augoll of Boston , editor of
Dumb Animals , is the latest to criticise
the cruelty to dumb animals as exhibited
by the South Omaha bull fight. It was
certainly cruel for the flies to attack the
poor brutes but the matadores should bi
given credit for doing their best to relieve
lievo the distress of the animals.
The fnslonists are already beginning
to to.ll what the result will be if republi
cans are successful at' the polls. They
have missed their guess so often that It
is a wonder they do not become tired
and quit but in the absence of other
campaign material they probably feel
justified in making the worst of what
might happen.
A Tnswell , Ind. , man recently nu
nouuced he was n second edition of
Algio Crook , and had never been kissed
The next night ho was held up by six
young beauties who planted several re
bounding smacks on his virgin lips.
Now all the unmarried men in the city
are making the same bluff , but nro not
being called. Omaha News.
The leading pop journal of the state
is convinced that there will bo some
middle-of-the-road democrats in Ne
braska next campaign. It is probably
right , the fusion democrats are disap
pearing so rapidly that it is a question
if they will be able to muster ay many
voters during the next presidential cam
paign as the mid-road populists did last
year.
The democrats think that n standing
army of 100,000 men on pay is one of the
most horrible conceptions of republican
ism but those who
, remember the army
of the unemployed under Cleveland
when two and half
a millions of men
were kept standing , or sitting , withou
pay , to fight the gaunt wolf of hunger
from their doors and with many causal
ties reported , are inclined to think tha
while the republican w&y may not bo
the best it is much better than the dem
ocratic method.
While a large number of democrat
favor the nomination of Judge Hollen
beck for the supreme bench the demo
crats of Dodge county insist thnt Georg
li. Loomis of Fremont is the proper ma
for the position. If the democrats man
nge to rn < M D" > n r i < Mn' < qmrrelit i
not uu IK 'y ! i. . . , , , , . , . ,  popu
i.
lIMs , will Blip Into the fuHloncircuHWith
n cnndldato and nab the plum.
David Nation , the hutdmnd of hln
lmtclit'li/"d wife , alleges in bin petition
for divorce that she held him up to ridi
cule , neglected her family duties and
abandoned hln homo. That's about
what they have to do when they gnt
busy in reformers. They become HO
addled with the intoxication of publicity
that they are scnrcely conscious of the
neglect of their proper duties. Fremont
Tribune.
FtiHlonlsts need only to watch the
dwindling majorities of the fusion
nrties to realize that it In not growing
n favor. At ono time the populists
Killed almoftt as many votcn. in the state
* the republicans ; now the latter party
s easily ahead of both democrats nnd
opullHts in the number of votes cnst.
'union has been a good thing for n
tw fusion otllce holders nnd the repub-
iciius. Let 'em fiiNO.
Among the comparative statistics
ompilcd for the Pan-American oxposi-
on regarding Nebraska , are the follow-
ng : Number acres improved land , Ne-
) niNka , 18,27 l,0.'ir > ; number acres iin-
roved land , Pennsylvania , 111.210f > i)7 ) ;
dies railway , Nebraska , 5,70(5 ( ; miles
dlway , Maine , New Hampshire , Ver-
unit , Massachusetts , 5.197 ; numlwr
ndiuus in Nebraska , ' 1,528 ; number
ndians in Now York. 5I18 ! ; per cent
literacy , Nebraska , I ! 1 ; per cent illit-
racy , Massachusetts , 0.2.
A trade journal says that newspaper
mbliNhcrn should prepare for n big bus-
ness this fall Most publish TS are pro-
mred for such a happening , in fact have
> een prepared for years , but the rush
ms never Btruck. They find plenty Jof
vork , but a largo portion of it is profit-
ess. It is to bo hoped that the trade
0111 nul has not missed its guess and
hat for one season the publisher will
ujoy a Bharo of the prosperity that has
eon falling to the lot of other business
len. Lot the rush strike and the aver-
go publisher will risk bohig swamped
by it.
,7. II , Cook of Carthage , Mo. , chair-
nan of the allied third party and also
hairman of the fuHiouist populist state
ommittco of Missouri has called a mass
mtional conference to meet in Kansas
City September 17 , 18 and 10. Mr.
Cook has undertaken the stupundious
ask of uniting all the national reform
orceH in ono party. It is the outcome
if the Kansas City conference of Juno
Sand 11) ) . It is supposed by "reform"
orces every thing but republicans are
noludod it is the one party that needs
eforming and all others must unite to
iccomplish that purpose.
Some one has figured it out that the
churoh steeples of the country represent
an expenditure of f J5.000.000 , nnd ho Is
i-obably not far out the way. The
teeplo is sometimes the most expensive
mrt of the edifice and is of no particn-
ar use except as a homo of bats and
parro\\h. It is largely for show and
intil the church people quit building
teeples they cannot consistently object
o the extravagance of n woman who
veara a flower nnd n feather on herbon-
let. Lately , it must bo admitted , the
teoplo has not been considered a ueces
ity to a church structure and many
modern churches have this feature
mltted.
The key-note of the symposium in
ast week's Conservative regarding
'The Young Man's Chances" is that
uen of energy , ability and honesty are
n ever increasing demand. The j-onng
nan who waits for something to turn
ip , or the ono who is looking for a
snap" or the one who proposes to so
egislato that all anyone will have to do
s to sit down and gather in their share
of wealth will never succeed. There
are opportunities in plenty but they
mist bo worked for. The young man
who begins at the bottom of the ladder
s usually given opportunities to work
limsolf up if he shows that he is do-
erving of promotion.
It is constantly being impressed upon
he people that If they want excitement
of the genuine pioneer sort , for which
the west was at one time famous , they
nust journey east to find it. The
.atest . occurrence reported from the un
civilized east is the holding up of nstage
near Glen Fulls , N. Y. The trick was
done by one lone masked bandit Wed
nesday night. The stage contained
seven men and one woman and the
robber secured $20 in cash. Frequent
reports of bears being killed come from
the east and many similar stories go to
indicate that the east is more wild and
wooley than the west. It would not snr-
prise western people in the least to hear
of an Indian massacre in New York or
Boston.
In spite of all that 1ms been said
ngalnst the fakir , people continue to con
tribute to his support and a picnic , cir
cus day or a fair is incomplete when one
or more "victims" are not reported.
Sympathy for the man who loses is not
BO keen as formerly. He has had ample
opportunity to learn that he is about
certain to lose when h enters another
man's game nnd when he loses and
makes cornplaiU there are more people
who laugh than weep when he recites
his tale of woe. If he should happen
to wm he would consider himself very
wine and would not trouble the police
with hlH Moty of BUCC.SS nn ho IB an
liable to arrest I H the fiiktr. And the
fakir IH the last to complain If ho loses.
H doesn't expect to Us1' ) and seldom
iloi-H , but if ha d en ho will not complain
about it , except with the expectation of
leading another victim on.
J Plorpont Morgan in a master hand
at organ/ation ! but it IB probable that he
has conceived nothing stronger than his
proposed alliance of capital and labor
The employes are to bo given stock in
: he United States Steel corporation at
usldo figures nnd thnt it will result in
he. strongest possible organization there
s little doubt. With every employe n
stock-holder , sharing in the profits of
ho business and with nn opportunity to
id van co to the topmost place in Its
ntlairn , there will bo an end of strikes
ind every employe will take the Bnmo
interest in the success of the organlza-
tion nnd Its profits ns the leading capita
list. Lnbor is advancing wonderfully in
American industries. It has been the
best paid of any in the world nnd if it
low becomes wedded to capital in the
manner proposed by Morgan it will un-
loubtcdly have gained the summit.
The Norfolk Electric Light and Power
company is certainly an accommodating
concern. That city recently bonded
itself forlr ( ) > 00 for an electric light
plant. The company referred to a private -
vato company already established real
izing thnt either the city could not
make n success of the venture , or it
could not , 01 thnt both would hnvn a
precarious time of it were both to re
main in the field , oll'erod to sell its plant
to'tho city in the following manner :
The Norfolk Electric Light and Power
company to select one appraiser , the city
of Norfolk to select ono appraiser ; in
cano these two cannot agree then a th'rd
appraiser to bo selected by the two al
ready selected , The final findings of
these appraisers to bo paid and the price
to bo accepted , none of the appraisers to
bo residents or property owners of Nor
folk , Nebr. And then the company of
fered to discount the amount agreed
upon ten per cent if the deal was closed
in the next thirty days. But the coun
cil rejected the ofl'er Grand Island In
dependent.
Governor Savage announced iu Liu-
coin yesterday that the conditions of the
Bnrtley parole are that the ox-treasurer
mnko an itemized statement us to what
became of the missing state funds , and
if the conditions are not complied with
then Bartloy goes back to prison at the
end of the 00 days , which will bo on
September IH. As to what the governor
intends to do with Bartloy if he does
comply with these conditions is not
stated. In no event is It Intimated that
the -500OCJ winch the state is out on
Mr. Bartley nro to bo returned. To the
majority of tnx pnyors , and particulnrly
to the republicans , the question ns to
what Bartloy did with the money is not
of vital importance. Thnt he Tailed to
turn it over to his successor nt the ex
piration of his term of ofllce is a well
known fact , nnd few of us can see any
reason why executive clemency should
bo extended in his cnse. Hnd ho stolen
$1,000 and been sentenced to the peni
tentiary , he would have been allowed to
servo out his time , nnd the governor
could do no more popular thing than to
put him back into the penitentiary and
leave him there , without any further
reference to conditions.
A Great n\K \ Wentorner.
Iowa republicans have shown wisdom
in designating Governor Shnw as the
state's favorite sou. In fact the whole
middle west cnu do no better than ndopt
him in this relationship. Latter day
issues have developed no other man in
the region of such courage , brilliancy
and ballance.
It was he who , when other western
republican leaders were resting on their
arms after the merely defensive "sound
money" victory of 1SOO , forced the
fighting which resulted in the capitula
tion of the "bimetullists" iu the gold
standard act of March , HKX ) .
He was one of the few political leadcts
honored , trusted and looked up to in the
business men's monetary convention al
Indianapolis. He was the one republi
can governor out of some three dozen in
the country at largo who ventured into
the bogus anti-trust conference in which
Governor Sayers , of Texas , sought to
produce a democratic issue and leader
for the campaign of 1000. And , when
once in it , his biting satire and relent
less logic had exposed the partisan hum
bug of that proceeding ns it could not
have been exposed from the outside
Naturally such n man has become the
party spokesman and oracle of his sec
tion. When wn add to his record o
party service that of four useful years
as the executive of n state which exacts
economical rule and strict attention to
public business from its governors , we
have n public character which gives n
heart in the revival of the belief tha
American politics can still attract the
best men of American communities.
It is rarely , indeed , that a state con
ventiou , ono pluming itself on the party
possession of n "national lender of ro
nowu , " fnlls so far within the truth as
the lown body , which plainly has trans
f erred the mantle of Allison , at the son
ator's request , to the shoulders of Shaw
Ho is a great big westerner , as strong n
any of the elder breed and infinitely
fiutr. New York Press.
Governor Savage has proclaimed Sep
tember 2 Labor day as n holiday.
No plans nre being rnnde by Europe
to keep Uncle Snui's dollars out of thnt
market because they are unhealthy or
inferior
The c nton crop has suffered by the
drouth and it will probably rrqnire
more to buy the baby a shirt than for
some years past.
It is said that onions , garlic , nsafoct-
Ida , cloves and limbnrger cheese in
equal parts , taken regularly , will kill
that horrible watermelon breath.
A Fargo , S. D. , alderman came near
being arrested as n horse thief. It is
strangu that a man should be subject to
suspicion just because ho is an alder
man.
Hnrry Shrump of Bessemer , Alabama ,
was killed for refusing to drink with n
companion , audithe Sioux City Tribune
is of the opinion that "Have courage ,
my boy , to say no" menus more there
than elsewhere.
Senator Clark of Montana says ho
would rut her let the grass grow in the
streets of his home city than grant his
me 11 an eight-hour day. This Is the
same senator who contributed an im
mense fund to the democratic campaign
committee to aid in putting down the
rusts.
_
Senator Marion Butler is of the opin-
on that Hill IH in effect a republican
ml stands for the same principles ns
IcKmley nnd Hiiuna , and this too ,
n bpito of the fact that Hill has often
asserted that ho IH a "democrat ; " that
10 is a pronounced free trader and an
anti-t-xpikusionist. Evidently the sen-
itor's conception of republicanism is as
badly confused us his ideas of clomoc-
There is balm in Holt county for
Colonel Bryan's wounded feelings that
lave been so shamefully lacerated in
Ohio , Pennsylvania , Virginia and Mary-
and. The good fuBionists of that
onuty have mot and resolved that the
olouel and his principles are all right
n every particular beyond a doubt and
propose to let the world realize that
here is at least ono spot in the union
oyal to the twice defeated candidate.
"Coin" Harvey should go more into
lotail when ho assorts that Chairman
"ones' mismamigomeut was responsible
or Mr. Bryan's two defeats. If ho did
o ho would probably explain that
ones'greatest mistake was when he
adopted "Coin's" book as the acme of
xjlitical wisdom ami placed the author
on the stump to prove its teachings.
Certainly democracy is having more
rouble to get rid of that mistake thiiu
any other.
The State Journal thinks that , while
ho stool strikers may be wrought up tea
a considerable extent against their em-
iloyers , they are not yet ready for any
oolishness as far as politics are con
cerned. The Jonmal says : "They ap-
ireciato the difference between the
( iyiug off , because work had quit them ,
and quitting work because there is so
much work to do that they are besought
with prayers and tears to come back
md be good. And when one comes to
ook squarely at it there is u very large
difference. "
The burning of negroes at the stake
s becoming quite common in the south ,
several having been burned recently
The latest victim of a mob's fury was a
negro near Dexter , Texas , who was ac
cnsed of murdering n woman who was a
Dride of but six months. The negroes
punished may be ignorant nnd debased
arntes but the mobs seem to be intent
on exceeding them in brutality. If mob
law must be used why don't the leaders
advise some more respectable death than
the torture of savages ? Senator Till-
man speaks in defense of mob law , why
don't he use his influence toward mak
ing it less brutal ? The time may come
when white criminals will be burned
by negro mobs , tlun the whites will
wish that they were in a position to
enter a consistent protest.
American railroads nre lately devot
ing much attention to the development
of the territory tributary to theirTOSpoc-
cive roads. Always a factor in the up
building of a country , they do more to
advertise it than any other industry
Many unique schemes have been de
vised to call attention to the merits o :
certain localities and now and nove
methods of attracting settlers are always
In demand by railway mnnngeinents
Perhaps nothing better has been con
ceued than a plan recently put in oper
ation by the Union Pacific company
ouo of the formost lines in the move
meiit That company is now issuing
monthly a neat pamphlet of special iu
terest to business men nnd capitalist
seeking locations nnd investment. It i
entitled "Business Openings on the
Union Pacific Railroad" nnd beside
giving valuable data regarding the lo
cation , population and peculiar fncili
ties of the towns along its lines of road
it has obtained the necessary iuforma
tion to tate nuthoritlvely what busi
ness or lines of business would find a
desirnble location and custom at eacl
place. It cnu readily be conceived thn
such a work would be of iuestlmabl
value to business men seeking new
fields and it will undoubtedly be of r
material assistance in upbuilding the
road's territory and thereby Increasing
its freight and passenger business.
POLICE SEE"K HAYDEN ,
New York Branch of Swift & Co.
Robbed by Trusted Employe.
New York , Aug. 19. The where
nbouts of John T. Hayden , the miss
Ing secretary-treasurer of the Now
York branch of Swift & Co. , remains ,
a mystery. Hayden disappeared lnst |
Tuesday after ho had turned his books
over to John Chaplin , nn nudltor In
the Chicago offices of Swift & Co. , who
had comu east to make ono of his
periodical Inspections of the firm's
nccountB. Mr. Chuplin had gone but
little wny In his work when he dls- '
covered that the nccounts were short
several thousand dollars. A warrant
has been sworn out for Hayden and
detectives nre looking for him. A
wnrrnnt was Issued on a complaint t
framed on the nccusatlon thnt Hnyden
had appropriated $10,000 which he oh- ,
talned by one check drawn on the
compnny's account. I
Mr. Chaplin-when seen at his hotel
last night , snld : "The amount of the
embezzlement Is between $15,000 nnd
$20,000. It will not exceed the latter
figure , although we have not com
pleted our Investigations. It will proD-
ably take all of this week to get
things straightened out. The thefts
have been going on since the first of
August. I
"Hnyden wns under bond nnd the
company will not lose a dollar. "
BLAST KILLS AND MAIMS.
Molten Metal Explodes In Steel Plant
at Youngstown.
Youngstown , O. , Aug. 19. An explo
sion of ten tons of molten metal In
the blast furnace department at the
Ohio plant of the National Steel com
pany resulted In the death of three
workmen and in the injury of 11
others.
The dead : Richard Richards , Joseph
Bugos , John Crinkshank.
The injured : Steven Stahma , Mich
ael O'Brien , Andrew Kahut , Joseph
Dymenko , John Steffan , Andrew Bur
gess , Andrew Magyar , George Jakuez ,
George Puvlik , George J. Wanlzak.
At least six of the injured nre not
expected to live.
The machinery which controlled the
Jadle containing the molten mass
jroke and allowed the metal to drop
n a vat containing water.
HOLD INQUEST OVER BODY.
T. F. Clements is Name of Man Whc
Was Murdered at Arlon.
Denlson , In. , Aug. 19. The inquest
n the Arlon murder case wns resumed
this morning. It was developed at
the Inquest that the victim's name was
T. F. Clements , alias J. F. Love , and
the fact of the murder was established
The suspect arrested at Mnpleton was
with Clements on the afternoon of
the murder , but seems to be able to
prove an alibi at the time the crime
wns committed. Suspicion rests upon
two negroes who have not been ap
prehended yet. The murdered man
was a card shark. He had friends
In East Dubuque.
FOUR HURT BY CANNONADE.
South Dakota Soldiers Maimed by Pre
mature Discharge.
Huron , S. D. , Aug. 19. A premature
discharge of a cannon at Camp Shel
don Saturday evening caused Private
Mackay to lose his right hand and Pri
vate Smith his right thumb. Similar
accidents occurred while firing a salute
in honor of Governor Herreid , when
Sergeant Hunt lost part of his right
hand and one of Private Wright's
thumbs was split. All the Injured
are members of Battery A of ClarU.
Textile Workers Unite.
New York , Aug. 19. The Interna
tional Association of Textile Workers'
and the American Federation of Tex
tile Workers' met In this city today
and Indorsed the action of the Fall
River operators In resisting a pro
posed reduction of wages. The ac
tion on the part of the Fall River em
ployers has brought about an amalga
mation of the International association
nnd the American Federation. The
amalgamation will take place on Nov.
19 in Wa&hlngton.
State Dairy Convention.
Dubuque , la. , Aug. ID. The Iowa
dairy convention will be held In Du
buque Nov. 12 to 14 next and the pro
gram Is now being prepared for the
same. Professor Curtlss of the Iowa
experiment station has consented to
deliver an address. Secretary James
Wilson Is expected to be present and
other well known agriculturists. Sev
eral cities of Iowa are moving to try
to secure a meeting of the National
Butterrnafcers' association.
Sheepmen Slaughter Cattle.
Pine , Or. , Aug. 19. There Is great
excitement on East Pine crock on ac
count of the finding of 17 head ot
cattle that had been shot to death.
Cattle owners of this section swear
vengeance. It is supposed that the
killing of the cattle was the work of
sheep herders. Ill feeling has existed
for a long time.
Mother of Seven a Suicide.
Grant , Neb. , Aug. 19. Mrs. Willis
Wheeler , wife of a farmer ten miles
southeast of Grant , committed suicide
yesterday by cutting her throat with
a razor. Ill health and despondency
nre supposed to have been the cause
She leaves a husband and seven small
children.
Santa Fe Mall Is Wrecked.
Topelta , Kan. , Aug. 12. The west
bound Santa Fc fast mall ran Into the
rear of through freight train No. 121
Saturday near Pauline , four miles
south of 'Topekn. Engineer James
Rolla and Fireman F. B. Wahl were
badly Injured. Traffic was delayed
ilx hours ,
Steel 5 Trust Smuggles Non-
un.'onists Inside the Mills ,
WILL START MONESSEN PLANT.
Expect to Add It to the List of Mills
Already In Operation , but Strikers
Say It Is Impossible New Workmen
Kept on Premises ,
Plttsburg , Aug. 19. A party of
strike , breakers , brought up from the
south , by special train , were safely de
livered ] In the steel mill at Monessen
early , Sunday morning nnd the United
Stntes Steel corporntlon expects to add
that , plant to the number running part
ly or In full with nonunion men within
the next 24 hours. The Carncgio
properties nlso resumed last night
without a break In the forces operating
them and that fact joined with a prom
ise of an early start at Monflosen leads
the stool officials here to tiLio a very
hopeful view of the situation. The
strikers claim that men enough to
start the Monessen mills cannot bo
obtained and that they have not yet
shown their hand at Duquesne and
other Carnegie plants. They.promlso
that developments will indicate their
strength to better advantage. It was
anticipated that there would be trouble
when the nonunion men reached Mon-
essen , for the strikers were watch
ing the railroads and rivers and had
expressed a determination to prevent
the entrance of the strike breakers.
The men who were handling the
movement for the steel corporation
successfully veiled their action , how
ever , and had their charges safely
within the plant hours before It was
known definitely by anyone on the out
side that the men had arrived. They
were brought to Monessen by special
train and were landed at 4 o'clock In
the morning. It is not known how
many men wore In the party or
where they were obtained. The mills
are guarded and the men will be kept
on the premises until all danger of
trouble ceases. Bunks for about 50
men have been erected and largo quan
tities of food have been purchased for
them. A fence has been thrown
around the property and guards posted
to keep out all intruders. The strikers
will undoubtedly make an effort to In
duce the strike breakers to quit and
the fear Is expressed that there will be
trouble If any demonstration is made
against the men or property. The sit
uation there Is regarded as very
delicate.
Officers Patrol Works.
A report from McKeesport early
this morning says at least 40 officers
are patrolling the grounds that sur
round the big Duquesne works. It
has been reported generally through
out the valley that 150 men have gone
on strike In the converting mill.
Nothing definite can be learned , but
the officers seem to be much worried
and there Is n great deal of excite
ment In and around the works. It is
claimed that five lodges of the Amal
gamated association have been organ
ized In the different departments of
the works.
THINK CHICAGO WILL JOIN.
Vice President Davis Confident Men
Will Walk Out.
Chicago , Aug. 19. W. C. Davis ,
vice president of the Fourth district
and director of the steel strike in the
west , announced that he believed the
South Chicago men finally will join
the general strike of steel workers.
Not this week , he said , because there
will be no meeting. It Is his intention
to meet the men individually and en
deavor to persuade them to reverse
their decision.
Secretary TIghe addressed two big
meetings at the East Chicago mills of
the Republic Iron and Steel company
yesterday. He and Mr. Davis had . .
gone there direct from Milwaukee because - 7
cause the union men had signified their
desire to reaffirm their sympathy with
the movement in the east and In cer
tain parts of the west. This they
did. They went even further , and
emphasized their approval of the at
titude and action of the South Chicago
steel men. Resolutions were passed
pledging their support morally and
financially. They arranged to contrib
ute $1,000 every two weeks to the
strikers' fund.
These meetings over , Secretary
TIghe boarded a Pennsylvania train
for Plttsburg. 'The west Is all right , "
he said , as he left. "Vice President
Davis is now In charge and I am con
fident the men now out at Jollet and
Milwaukee will hold true to their
unionism. ' "
Fires are Out at Bayvlew.
Milwaukee. Aug. 19. Everything la
quiet at Bayvlew. The majority of
the strikers remained at their homes
yesterday , but some of them gathered
In little knots on the streets and dis
cussed the strike. The fires at the
Ba > , lew plant have been put out with
the exception of the blast furnaces , the
output of which is not operated in this
city. It is said 400 men nre employed
In the blast furnaces. Some of the
leaders at Bayvlew hope for a com
promise between the United States
Steel corporntlon nnd the Amnlga- v
mated association within the next two
weeks. fAll
All Quiet at Joliet.
Jollet , Ills. , Aug. 19. All Is quiet
among the steel workers In Jollet.
Great hopes arc entertained by the
Inbor leaders that South Chicago will
follow the lead of Jollel and Bayvlow.
No attempt to start up the plant hero
Is anticipated this week. The wire
mills will bo compelled to shut down
before the end of this week nnd this
throw out 2,000 additional men. . .